Dental caries and chemical analyses in reconstruction of diet, health and hygienic behaviour in the Middle Euphrates valley (Syria)

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 740-751

  Tomczyk, Jacek ^a   Szostek, Krzysztof ^b   Komarnitki, Iulian ^c   Mańkowska Pliszka, Hanna ^c   Zalewska, Marta ^c  

^a CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Caries; Chemical research; Diet; Oral hygiene; Syria

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RELIGION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TOOTH CERVIX;

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MOLAR; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PALEODONTOLOGY; ROMAN WORLD; STRONTIUM; SYRIA; TOOTH CERVIX;

EID: 84877576118     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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